CHAPTER V.

A STORM. — TOKULS OR HUTS OF THE SHILLUKS. — THE TALLE, A

SPECIES OF MIMOSA. — THE GEÏLID. — THE BAMIE. — UEKA. —

WILD RICE. — OMMOS. — THE SHILLUKS A LARGER NATION THAN THE

FRENCH! — IMMENSE POPULATION ON THE BANKS OF THE WHITE ARM OF

THE NILE. — THE HABAS OR FORESTS. — A TURKISH JEST! — LEECHES.

— DISEMBARKATION ON THE LAND OF THE SHILLUKS. — DESCRIPTION OF

THE TOKULS. — CONDUCT OF THE BEDOUINS TOWARDS THE PILGRIMS TO

MECCA. — THE MURHAKA. — MANNER OF CATCHING GAZELLES. —SÜRTUKS

OR CANOES OF THE SHILLUKS. — REFUSAL OF THE KING OF THIS NATION

TO VISIT THE VESSELS. — TREATMENT OF HIS AMBASSADORS AT KHARTÙM.

— THE BAOBÀB TREE. — DHELLÈB PALMS. — WINDINGS OF THE RIVER. —

OSTRICHES. — HILLS OF ASHES OF THE DINKAS. — RIVER SOBÀB. 131

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